Lawn edge trimmer cutter



S. POND LAWN EDGE TRIMMER CUTTER Filed April 15, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet l ATTOR N EY LAWN EDGE TRIMMER CUTTER Filed April 15, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 ake/Z0207?) fond/ ATTORNEY S. POND LAWN EDGE TRIMMER CUTTER Filed April 15, 1935 l6 I9 5% eldon/ Fun 071/ ATTOR N EY ltd lifhflh l 1 m @Wlii hheldon lfond, 'lfaunton, liiiass.

application iiprii l5, i935, serial l lo. ilddlldll illaim. (i311. bit-25M This invention relates to lawn border and edge triers, and has for the primary object the provision of a device which may be easily propelled manually over a lawn to trim the latter at its edges and adjacent thereto in a single cutting operation so as to obviate the use of hand shears and lawn mowers which have been proven impractical for such work.

With these and other objects in view this invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a fragmentary side elevation i1lustrating a lawn border and edge trimmer constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan view, partly in section, illustrating the same.

f le i is a fragmentary front elevation illustrating the device.

b le d is a fragment rear elevation illustrating the device.

f le 5 is a fragmentary plan view illustrating the radially arranged cutting blades.

t1 i 1: e 6 is a detail sectional view takenon the e b t of Figure 5.

f isure 7 is a sectional view taken on the line ll-i of Figure 5.

f le a is a detail sectional view taken on the line ii of Figure 5.

figure a is a fragmentary plan view illustrating a combined drive pinion and ratchet.

i 'lgure iii is a sectional view taken on the line lid-it of Figure h.

igure ii is a sectional view taken on the line ll i -lli of Figure iii.

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i l i2 is a sectional view taken on the line Ili -ii of Fl iii.

ferring in detail to the drawings, the numeral i indicates a mounting for a ground or bull wheel 2 and consists of end plates i and t connected by tie bolts 5. The wheel f is suitably iournaled to the end plates and the bearings for said wheel may be lubricated in any convenient uuner. Formed integrally with the plate t is w an extension 6 to which a handle d is pivoted,

Journaled to the plate d is a shaft it and a portion of the latter is arranged in advance of the roller it and has secured thereto the cutting mechanism if. A portion of the shaft located at the opposite side of the plate t from the cutting mechanism extends into the bull or ground wheel f and has journaled thereon a pinion it which meshes with a ring gear i'i formed integrally. with the wheel f. The pinion it carries pivoted dogs [If adapted to engage lugs ii on the shaft it for the purpose of rotating the shaft when the device is propelled forwardly over the ground but which will permit the shaft i i to idle when the device is moved rearwardly over the ground.

The cutting mechanism iii consists of a hub ill suitably secured to the shaft it and has mounted thereon horizontally disposed blades ii and also secured to the outer end of the hub is a series of radially arranged blades if. [in L-shaped bracket it is carried by the plate ii to which horizontally and vertically arranged knives iii and it are secured. The blades if have a desired pitch so as to cooperate with the knife it in severing grass at the edge of a border while the horizontally disposed blades cooperate with the knife it in the border. A device of this character will eciently trim a lawn at its border and edge with minimum eflort on the part of the operator.

While if have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, as claimed.

Hag described the invention, ll claim:

it lawn cutter comprising a mounting including spaced connected end plates, a bull wheel arranged between said end plates. means journaling said bull wheel to the end plates, a handle secured to one of said end plates, a shaft journaled to said last-ned end plate and located at an opposite side thereof from said bull wheel, ratchet means connecting the shaft and bull wheel, a reel secured to said shaft and including a hub and, horizonally disposed cutter blades and radially arranged cutter blades secured to said hub with said horizontally disposed blades ar-- ranged between the radially disposed blades and the last-named end plate, an lL-shaped bracket secured to said last-named end plate. vertical and horizontal knives secured to said bracket for cooperation with the cutter blades, and a roller iournaled to said last-named end plate and par- 50 

